US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that Israel had promised to maintain the tradition that only Muslims are allowed to pray at a holy site in Jerusalem, an issue at the centre of recent violence. "Israel will continue to enforce its long-standing policy on religious worship ... at the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, including the fundamental fact that it is Muslims who pray on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, and non-Muslims who visit," Kerry said after meetings in Amman. He added that Israeli officials and the Muslim Waqf, custodians who manage the site which houses the al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site, would meet to discuss ways of easing tensions and that both would provide 24-7 video surveillance there. Palestinians have been protesting repeated Israeli and Jewish settlers' attacks on Al-Aqsa mosque and closing the Muslim holy site on a number of occasions to worshippers. Israel has killed more than 50 Palestinians and wounded hundreds during the month of October. At least seven Israelis were killed in reported attacks by Palestinians during the month. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/161737.aspx
